Desalination Is Booming as Cities Run out of Water
b'This story originally appeared on Yale Environment 360 and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Some 30 miles north of San Diego, along the Pacific Coast, sits the Claude \\u201cBud\\u201d Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant, the largest effort to turn salt water into fresh water in North America. Each day 100 million gallons of seawater are pushed through semi-permeable membranes to create 50 million gallons of water that is piped to municipal users.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'